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  • I tried to cry alone, but once, having had too many glasses of wine already, I cried while having a postdinner glass of wine at a dinner party.

    In the Fullness of Time Emily W. Upham 2010

  • The restaurant serves trendy European fare, and aims to revive the tradition of postdinner drinks with a house DJ and a picturesque al fresco patio bar.

    Traveling Light: Singapore 2009

  • For a postdinner treat, try a Wawa cappuccino or a slice of apple pie with vanilla sauce at the Melrose Diner.

    Periscope 2008

  • Offenders could face $260 fines, and restaurateurs are frantic about losing customers who refuse to forgo their postdinner lungful.

    Smoke Gets in Vos Yeux 2008

  • Since enrolling in Energy Planner, Giordano runs the pool pump and water heater only overnight; if needed for postdinner cleanup, he will turn on the water heater in the early evening.

    Buzzword: Demand-Response Pricing 2008

  • Since enrolling in Energy Planner, Giordano runs the pool pump and water heater only overnight; if needed for postdinner cleanup, he will turn on the water heater in the early evening.

    Buzzword: Demand-Response Pricing 2008

  • Now when I left the library after a postdinner study session, the torch lights along the pathways were already aglow to light my way back to Billings.

    INVITATION ONLY KATE BRIAN 2006

  • Now when I left the library after a postdinner study session, the torch lights along the pathways were already aglow to light my way back to Billings.

    INVITATION ONLY KATE BRIAN 2006

  • Jack Mercier had met his future wife at the Swan Ball in Nashville, the most lavish social occasion in the South, and had introduced himself to her by buying her a '55 Coupe de Ville with his AmEx card at the postdinner auction.

    The Killing Kind John Connolly 2002

  • The guitar was borrowed by dozens of participants for an impromptu, postdinner sing-along - perhaps a conference first.

    NYT > Home Page By STUART ELLIOTT 2011

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